Board and management in limited companies, 1 July 2006

As of 1st. of July only 151 of 510 public limited companies fulfil the requirements of 40 per cent of women representation in the boardroom. Almost every third public limited company have no women on the board at all.

But more of the enterprises fulfil the requirements now than half a year ago. The percentage that fulfil has risen from 17,5 per cent to 29,6 per cent.

New figures from Statistics Norway show that as of 1 July 2006, 32 per cent of public limited companies fulfilled the legal requirement for employer representatives, while 51 per cent of public limited companies fulfilled the requirement for employee representatives.

Tables:

• Table 1 Public limited companies by requirement concerning owner-elected and employee-elected members of board. 1 July 2006
• Table 2 Public limited companies and members of board, by gender. 1 July 2006
• Table 3 Numbers of and share of owner-elected and empoyee-elected members of board and deputies in Public limited companies, by gender. 1 July 2006
• Table 4 Public limited companies and members of board, by gender and age. 1 July 2006. Per cent
• Table 5 Public limited companies and members of board, by gender and level of education. 1 July 2006. Per cent
• Table 6 Public limited companies by requirement concerning owner-elected members of board and number of owner-elected members of board. 1 July 2006
• Table 7 Public limited companies by requirement concerning owner-elected members of board and economic activity. 1 July 2006
• Table 8 Public limited companies by requirement concerning owner-elected members of board and number of employees. 1July 2006
• Table 9 Public limited companies, by requirement concerning employee-elected members of board and number of employee-elected members of board. 1 July 2006
• Table 10 Public limited companies by requirement conserning owner-elected and employee-elected members of board and number of members of board. 1st of July 2006
• Table 11 Public limited companies by requirement concerning owner-elected and employee-elected members of board and economic activity. 1 July 2006
• Table 12 Public limited companies, by requirement concerning owner-elected and employee-elected members of board and number of employees. 1 July 2006
• Table 13 Public limited companies by requirement concerning deputies and number of deputies. 1 January 2006